Physiology and histology of the Cubomedusæ: including Dr. F.S. Conant's notes on the physiologyBerger, E. W. (Edward William)
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Physiology and histology of the Cubomedusæ: including Dr. F.S. Conant's notes on the physiology
Berger, E. W. (Edward William)
Cubomedusae
Fig. 2. This figure is a camera lucida sketch from a section taken
transverse through the most distal part of the pigmented zone of a
slightly pigmented retina of a distal complex eye. The presence of three
kinds of elements is again evident. The dots without the polygonal areas
represent the centrad continuations of the axial fibers of the prism
cells. The lettering explains the other areas. ×920. pp. 46, 48, 50.
Fig. 3. This is from a section similar to that of Fig. 1, but a little
more distal. At the right, the section is more distal than at the left
of the figure, in consequence of which the long pigment cells are there
taken through their distal fibers. Note the small shrinkage spaces about
the axial fibers of the prisms. The white lines bounding the prism areas
appear as in nature. The pyramid cells are not shown in this figure.
×950. Camera sketch. pp. 50, 51, 52, 54.
Fig. 4. This figure is from a section taken parallel to the long axis
of the cells of the retina of a distal complex eye. It is from a camera
sketch, and nothing has been put into the figure except what could be
clearly seen. The lateral boundary lines of the prisms are not shown.
Note the evidence for the existence of three kinds of cells. ×920. pp.
44-52, 54.
Fig. 5. This figure represents a sagittal section through the nuclear and
pigmented zones and the subretinal nerve tissue of a slightly pigmented
retina of a distal complex eye, that had been killed in the dark. Camera
sketch. The pyramid cells are not shown. ×900. pp. 47, 51, 52, 53.
Fig. 6. These cells are from a preparation by Conant of a sensory club,
macerated in acetic acid. Cell a is evidently an iris cell. The others
are probably prism cells from the proximal complex eye. ×900. pp. 44, 48.
Fig. 7. In this figure I represent a sagittal section through the
distal complex eye. In the middle half of the section, the nuclei, the
prism and pyramid cells with their axial fibers, and the long pigment
cells with their large distal fibers are all strictly camera lucida
sketched. A portion of the pigmented zone has been left unpigmented to
better show its structure. At the right and above the concretion cavity
is shown a portion of the endoderm of the ampulla. The section is not
strictly in a dorsoventral plane of the club, in consequence of which
the cells of the ampulla are cut diagonally and through their tips. Note
the dumbbell-shaped nuclei of the ampulla cells, as also the masses of
secretion. A part of the retina of the proximal complex eye is shown in
the upper part of the figure. ×920. pp. 41-54, 63, 64, 68-71.
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